The Around the World party was a success....not so much for Great Britain unfortunately. We could have put more thought and effort into it...but Matt was still anticipating "college" like decorations and me, well, the morning sickness had taken over my life. And considering that ATW is a drinking party...well, my "drink" options were no more than water, sparkling cider and lemonade

(thank you Terri!).

The Night's Events:

The Caribbean Islands

Here is Sean (representing 'Merica) relaxing in the Caribbean.

The Caribbean decorations were awesome! I knew Mrs. Terri was going to get all creative and create a masterpiece...and she delivered! (I will post more pictures as they appear on FB)

Russia

When we walked into the Russia themed house we were greeted by a Vladimir Putin standee and a ton of pictures...with all of our faces cropped into them! They were hilarious!

We were told that a women by the name of "Nastya" would be the entertainment for the evening. Well, it was entertaining for sure. Here is Mrs. Trini (representing Russia) and her guest for the evening. Oh, and Nastya in the back.

Josh was our Russian bartender. They made a shot with the colors of the russian flag and of course...White Russians.

Party goers enjoying Club Russia. I think Kathi really enjoyed the White Russians ;)

And Sean really enjoyed Nastya.

Well, all the guys enjoyed Nastya...

More party goers!

Great Britain

We painted our door to look like the GB flag.

Inside we had British invasion and Irish folk music, Tom Collins drinks and Irish Car Bombs. My son, husband and mother-in-law did all the decorations and they turned out great! :)

Adele made a guest appearance. I think Andy (right) was more excited about the food.

'Merica

We made our way over the house representing 'Merica and found ourselves at the Farmer County Fair. They had fried corn dogs, fried hot links, huge smoked turkey legs and almost had fried cheese on a stick. They had several dipping sauces as well!

They served apple pie shots, hard lemonade and a spiked peach tea. Don't forget the sliced apples in the middle!

At the end of the evening everyone got the chance to vote for their favorites
(Food, Drinks, Costumes, Decorations and All Around "feel").

The Winner: Russia knocked everyone's socks off! The other houses turned out great but Russia was so amazing, no one else stood a chance.
Russia came out on top in all categories! A well deserved win :)

Harry Potter Inspired Cocktails

Around the World is an event held every year by the TKE fraternity. Each house chooses a Country of their choice and serves beverages (shots, beer, liquor) from said location. The house and host are also dressed according to the chosen location. The whole party travels from house to house, country after country, enjoying the "fruit of the land." Keeping that in mind...

We are moving into our new home next month, which is located in the same neighborhood as our 3 favorite couples: The Farmeritavilles, The Trinsons and The Terrances. We have decided to do an Around the World-suburb style-as soon as we move in. My husband was thinking UK-it's easy to do-or Germany-because we are both German. I was thinking the Scottish Highlands or more specifically...Hogwarts. I will do everything in my power to host anything having to do with HP but I think it is going to be tough convincing my husband. Perhaps we say Scotland and a wizard robe is placed here or there...and I happen to serve some of Fleur's Cream of Brie Soup served with a French Baguette or treacle tart as appetizers.

Now since this celebration is centered around "drinks," I searched and found an awesome website with Harry Potter themed drinks and shots. The Harry Potter mixology website, http://sashahalima.com/blog/2011/07/harry-potter-mixology-hagrid-hermione-ron-and-sirius-cocktail-concoctions/, features drinks named after characters and ingredients that play on their personality. For instance:

Rubeus Hagrid
Ingredients:

• 1 oz Kahlua
• 1 oz vodka
• Guinness
• Splash Coke

Directions:

• Add vodka and Kahlua into a beer glass.
• Add splash of Coke.
• Fill with Guinness.

It does sound a bit like a Rubeus Hagrid right? Or how about this one:


Lord Voldemort
Ingredients:

• 1 oz Tequila
• 1/3 oz Tabasco sauce
• 1 jalapeno pepper

Directions:

• Muddle jalapeno pepper and Tabasco sauce.
• Strain into shot glass.
• Add tequila.
• Garnish with thin slice of jalapeno.

Sounds painful! After the event, I will post pictures and update on how it went! Let me know if you have an suggestions or if you have played a part in Around the World.